ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,087, issued on July 29, was assigned to AMO Development LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Lasik flap cutting patterns including intrastromal pocket for bubble management" was invented by Andrew Voorhees (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Harvey Liu (Fremont, Calif.), Hong Fu (Pleasanton, Calif.), Alireza Malek Tabrizi (Fremont, Calif.), Nima Khatibzadeh (San Jose, Calif.), Deepali Mehta-Hurt (Newark, Calif.), Cynthia Villanueva (San Jose, Calif.), James Hill (Santa Ana, Calif.) and Alisyn Facemire (Virginia Beach, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method implemented in an ophthalmic surgical laser system that employs a resonant scanner, scan line rotator,...